The Department of Educations Northern Region Office, in collaboration
with Passaic County Community College and the Gifted Program at Montclair State
University, will present Symposium V: Mining Giftedness and Discovering
Diverse Gifts-Identifying Giftedness in Minority Populations on Monday,
October 4, 2004 at the Memorial Auditorium on the Montclair State University
campus in Upper Montclair, NJ.

Symposium V is part of the Northern Regions ongoing professional development
series for instructors and administrators. This meeting will focus on the identification
and needs of gifted minority students and discuss best practices in serving
this student population.

The event will feature presentations from two educational experts on the topic
in the morning session, Dr. Edmund Gordon and Dr. Joan Dawson. The afternoon
will allow participants to break into small groups for hands on activities
related to the mornings presentations.

Dr. Edmund Gordon is the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology Emeritus at
Yale University. He is also the current director of the Institute for Urban
and Minority Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr.
Gordon has published numerous books and articles addressing the subject of
educational equity.

Dr. Joan Dawson is the director of the New York University, Equity Assistance
Center. As the director, she has direct experience in dealing with the issue
of underrepresented student populations in gifted, talented and honors programs.
Dr. Dawson has also served as the director of a federal magnet program and
as a consultant to private groups interested in starting charter and private
schools.

Seats are still available for the symposium. The registration cost for the
entire day of activities is $65.00 and includes breakfast and lunch. The symposium
will begin at 8:00 AM with registration and the formal program at 9:00 AM and
ending at 2:45 PM. Checks/purchase orders should be made payable to "Passaic
County Community College" and mailed to Northern Region Office, c/o Meredith
Coticchio, Legge House-Normal Avenue, Upper Montclair, New Jersey 07043. Please
send only business/certified checks and money orders as no personal checks
will be accepted.